Birds to See in Curaçao in February
28 bird species on our list for Curaçao are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Lesser Yellowlegs, Rock Dove, Great White Egret, House Sparrow and Greater Yellowlegs. New this month: Eurasian Teal and Red Junglefowl.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
From Curaçao’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 28 birds in February
28 birds
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaScarceUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Feb · 0.07% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantRare42–75 cmRegularly Feb–Jul · 0.02% in Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Prothonotary Warbler 13–14 cm
- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Merlin 24–33 cm
- Rock Dove 31–34 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Red Junglefowl 42–75 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made